Relatives in Hungary My mother, Rosalia Hath Brunner and Babus's grandmother, Marcia Hath Sarkozy, were sisters. Babus's ,mother, Mary Sarkozy Sardi, was my first cousin so Babus Sardi Varga, is my cousin (second). Babus, and her entire family visited America about thirty years ago. My cousin, Jim Sarkozy (Babus's Great Uncle)he is brother to Mary, (Babus's mother)paid for their flights.
Hunkies in Hungary! Sounds like the 2 young "hungarians" have settled in for awhile! It's fun to hear you describe the same places that Mom-Mom, Pop-Pop and I saw20 years ago! Enjoy.
smart soot?? I found the post very funny but also very interesting how an american adolescent (I though you were quite younger) saw my city, except ... you asked an Italian, you did? "How is that Barcelona is a lot cleaner than Rome?" -> answer Nooo, it is not that they actually and for real clean the buildings outside (by law) and the streets often, noo, how it can be? our city is older (yeah, but the dirt is much recent in both cases, and then a great deal of buildings aren't as well) and the soot difference ... theatrical (italian) nonsense for making a good self image. Said that, I love Italy as well, and I am very glad you had a good time in BarTHelona :).
Celtic and Rangers are football(soccer?) teams, not rugby teams.
Not trying to be a fud just trying to save you a bit of potential trouble!
Hope you enjoy Scotland
Andy
Siena or Orvieto? I will only have time to visit one of them on my Europe trip later this year, so which should it be? Most of the guidebooks and stuff seem to suggest Siena for the Piazza del Campo and the cathedral. But from what I hear, the cathedral at Orvieto is a stunning "must see" also, and you seemed to find it more beautiful (maybe the weather was part of that?).
Anyway, if I'm only picking one of them for a day trip, which should it be? I appreciate any advice you can give. Thanks so much.
About spanish & catalan languages & lisps There's no more lisp in a spaniard saying 'Barthelona' than in an english/american saying 'Thank you', It's the same sound. However this 'th' is no longer used in latinamerican countries, where they changed it for an 's' sound. This guy explains it better than I do:
http://dan.hersam.com/2006/08/01/the-spanish-lisp/.
On the other hand, you probably had problems understanding the spanish in Barcelona because about 80% of the people there speak Catalan, not a dialect of spanish but a language in itself, close to both french and spanish. You probably noticed all signs are in both spanish and catalan since catalonia is a bilingual region.
Other than that I hope you enjoyed your stay here and discovered that americans tend to use the word 'spanish' for everything latinamerican -countries which I love, by the way- while Spain is culturally closer to Italy or France, to say something.
im so jealous scoots. i miss you and it seems like you are having an amazing time. im gonna be stalking your life and reading this blog all the time. hahaha. love you meant it!!
I'm in Roma from January 19th to May 13th, studying at the American University in Rome. I live in Roma in an apartment, about thirty minutes walking from the University.... full info
David
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Prague
Just keep it going...hey if you ever go back check out this blog...http://www.trip2prague.blogspot.com/ good luck with your next adventures